Jay H. Seese

Waiting with open arms and greeted by his "pops," "nanas" and sister, Jane, at the end of his life's journey, Jay Seese, 54, went home to be with his Lord on March 18, 2013.

Jay was the son of Gwyneth (Johnson) Seese and Newton Seese, having spent all his life in Canadensis. He was the grandson of the late Arminda and Alfred Seese and the late Ruth and Russell Frable.

Jay attended Barrett Elementary, Monsignor McHugh and Pocono Mountain High School. Always with a love of nature and animals, his youth was spent racing snowmobiles with his brother, attending field trials with his coon hounds and hunting and fishing with his brother and father. Bear hunting was his favorite and Jay spent most of his hunting life chasing bear and was obsessed with trying to capture "the big prize" every season. Most of Jay's working years were in construction as an ace operator of heavy equipment.

Jay was a former member of Stoney Run Hunting Camp and Canadensis Moravian Church.

Jay is survived by the following, all of Canadensis: his two daughters, Brittany and Kelsie Seese; his brother, John and his wife, Lisa; his sister, Jeryl Seese Rinehart and her husband, Johnny; his nieces, Sadie Seese and Katy Schaller; his nephews, Zackery Seese and Blake Rinehart; his grand-nephew and best buddy, Jon "Jonbird" Dennis III; and his grand-niece, Mckensie Seese. Also surviving are his Seese cousins: Jimmy, Corey, Dave, Steve, Danny, Jodie and Joanne Bennett, and Vicki Seese Hixon and Kathy Seese Rinker, all of Canadensis; Marcia Bennett Strickland of St. John's, Fla.; Arminda "Mindy" Seese Fraily of Appenzell; Bryan Seese of Croydon; and Carol Seese Roberts of Bensalem. Other survivors include his many California cousins, including Janeane Seese-Armstrong and Fred Armstrong of Sacramento, Calif.; his Johnson cousins, Dale, Randy and Rusty, all of Reeders; and numerous aunts and uncles and many friends.

He was preceded in death by his sister, Jane, and grandparents.

Family will greet friends and family at 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 26, at Canadensis United Methodist Church. A memorial service will follow at 11 a.m. Tuesday, at the church, with the Rev. George Alt officiating.

The family requests that, in lieu of flowers and because of his love for animals, donations may be made in Jay's name to Camp Papillion, P.O. Box 332, Stroudsburg, PA 18360.